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Home from the holidays
I’ve got lots of catching up to do when I get home from France later today. We have had a great time at Lake Annecy and in the French Alps near Chamonix and we went to Disneyland Paris yesterday too. I...
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A trip to Lake Annecy
I must apologise for not writing on my blog for a few weeks. We have been back from France for a while now but it has been really busy round here with one thing and another. Also, I had to go in the...
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Semnoz and the Gorges du Fier
There are some wonderful places to visit around Lake Annecy (as if the lake itself wasn’t quite enough). Yesterday we took a drive around the lake which really is beautiful. Today we are visiting...
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Hot Air Ballooning
I’m taking a quick break from writing about my adventures in the French Alps to tell you about our recent Virgin hot air balloon trip. It was an early birthday surprise for one of the hooms and it was...
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Waterfall and cave at Seythenex
All this visiting is a tiring business. So far we have driven most of the way down France, around Lake Annecy, visited Annecy itself, Semnoz ski resort and the Gorges du Fier. Phew! All in just 3 days....
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Scenic drive around the Vercors
Looking at a road map of the French Alps it really is difficult to decide where to go and where to miss out. It is quite easy to pick out a spectacular route but it’s also very easy to simply not have...
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Merry Christmas from the Lakes
Hi everyone, I’m on a little holiday in Ambleside in the Lake District. It has stopped raining finally so we might be able to do a bit of walking tomorrow. I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas...
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Medieval village of Yvoire, Lake Geneva
Hello to my friends and followers. Today I thought I would tell you a little about my trip last year to Yvoire, on the shores of Lake Geneva. Yvoire is a small medieval village which has existed for...
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Passes and Gorges of the French Alps
After a long day in the car the previous day when we drove all around the Vercors we decided to play it by ear a bit today. If you are staying near Lake Annecy it would be silly not to take a jaunt up...
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Fun in the Snow
Hello everyone. For those of you who have snow at the moment like we do, I hope you are having fun and it isn’t causing you too much trouble? I tried sledging this week for the first time…. Landing...
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On the road to the North
We are off on our holidays today … first a weekend at Holy Island then a week in Highland Perthshire in Scotland. We just passed a famous sculpture by the main road at Newcastle, the Angel of the...
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A weekend in Portsmouth …and what to do with it
It was that time of year again … coming up to the man-human’s birthday and so holiday plans were, of course, afoot – or indeed, a paw, as the case may be? We came to be in Portsmouth because we were...
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A visit to Witley Court and Gardens
While I’m busy putting together a post for our trip to the Isle of Wight I thought I would just tell you quickly about our day out on Easter Sunday to Witley Court and Gardens in Worcestershire, while...
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On the road to the North
We are off on our holidays today … first a weekend at Holy Island then a week in Highland Perthshire in Scotland. We just passed a famous sculpture by the main road at Newcastle, the Angel of the...
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